MicroVAX
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MicroVAX is a family of smaller, lower-cost minicomputers in Digital Equipment Corporation’s VAX line, designed to bring VAX architecture to departmental and office environments.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MicroVAX canonical | 3 |
| MicroVAX 2000 | 1 |
| MicroVAX 3100 | 1 |
| MicroVAX 3600 | 1 |
| MicroVAX 3800 | 1 |
| MicroVAX 3900 | 1 |
| MicroVAX I | 1 |
| MicroVAX II | 1 |
| MicroVAX systems | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7894657 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MicroVAX Context triple: [VAX, hasModel, MicroVAX]
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A.
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
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B.
PDP-10
The PDP-10 was a family of mainframe computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1960s and 1970s, widely used in research and time-sharing systems and influential in the development of early programming languages and operating systems.
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C.
Prime Computer
Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
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D.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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E.
PDP-9
The PDP-9 was a 1960s 18-bit minicomputer from Digital Equipment Corporation that introduced advanced features and improved performance over its predecessors in the PDP series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MicroVAX Target entity description: MicroVAX is a family of smaller, lower-cost minicomputers in Digital Equipment Corporation’s VAX line, designed to bring VAX architecture to departmental and office environments.
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A.
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
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B.
PDP-10
The PDP-10 was a family of mainframe computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1960s and 1970s, widely used in research and time-sharing systems and influential in the development of early programming languages and operating systems.
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C.
Prime Computer
Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
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D.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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E.
PDP-9
The PDP-9 was a 1960s 18-bit minicomputer from Digital Equipment Corporation that introduced advanced features and improved performance over its predecessors in the PDP series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware platform
ⓘ
minicomputer family ⓘ |
| architecture | VAX ⓘ |
| category |
VAX computer
ⓘ
minicomputer ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
VAX instruction set
ⓘ
linked to:
VAX
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpuType |
VAX microprocessor
ⓘ
linked to:
VAX minicomputer
|
| designGoal |
bring VAX architecture to smaller sites
ⓘ
lower cost than larger VAX systems ⓘ smaller physical size than traditional VAX minicomputers ⓘ |
| familyMember |
MicroVAX 2000
ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
MicroVAX 3100 ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
MicroVAX 3600 ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
MicroVAX 3800 ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
MicroVAX 3900 ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
MicroVAX I ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
MicroVAX II ⓘ
linked to:
MicroVAX
|
| intendedUse |
departmental computing
ⓘ
office computing ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
departmental VAX
ⓘ
low-end VAX system ⓘ |
| partOf |
VAX line
ⓘ
linked to:
VAX
|
| runsOperatingSystem |
Ultrix
ⓘ
VMS ⓘ |
| successor |
DEC 4000 AXP
ⓘ
VAXstation family ⓘ
linked to:
VAXstation
|
| supportsMultiuserOperation | true ⓘ |
| supportsNetworking | Ethernet ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
DECnet
ⓘ
TCP/IP ⓘ |
| supportsStorageInterface |
DSSI
ⓘ
RA-series disk subsystems ⓘ SCSI ⓘ |
| supportsTimeSharing | true ⓘ |
| supportsVirtualMemory | true ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
engineering departments
ⓘ
office automation ⓘ small to medium-sized organizations ⓘ |
| usesBusArchitecture |
BI bus
ⓘ
Q-bus ⓘ XMI bus ⓘ |
| vendor | DEC ⓘ |
| wordLength | 32-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MicroVAX Description of subject: MicroVAX is a family of smaller, lower-cost minicomputers in Digital Equipment Corporation’s VAX line, designed to bring VAX architecture to departmental and office environments.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MicroVAX
linked to: MicroVAX
linked to: MicroVAX
linked to: MicroVAX
linked to: MicroVAX
linked to: MicroVAX
linked to: MicroVAX